To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Italian
Abbeys Award we are proud to introduce the “X-DAI Award”, Ham Party
that will be on April 30th, 2017 and May 1st,
2017. On these dates the DAI Activators will be on air from
references in all 20 Italian Regions. Region Trentino-South Tyrol is
splitted into two different entities: Trentino and South Tyrol.

Purpose:

Hunters: they should work the Italian Regions through contacts/HRDs with
DAI Activators, based or portable stations, in the different Italian
Regions. Each station can be worked once per band and mode from the
same reference DAI or more times per band/mode from a different
reference.

Activators: they should work the Italian Regions through QSO with
Hunters or other DAI Activators, each station can be worked once per
band and mode from each activated reference. Exception: QSO with other
DAI Activators but from a different reference. E.g: IU1ZZZ/P from
LG0001 gets IU7XXX/P from PL0001 on 20 m SSB. He can work again
IU7XXX/P on 20 m SSB if one or both change the reference.

Bands: 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m, with no restrictions
but respecting the band plane

The whole reports can be recorded in the RS(T) fields
or the RS(T) field can just record the report in numbers and the
Reference code can be written in the Comment field.

Activators and Hunters should use only their own
Callsign. Club callsigns are allowed
only in case the operator represents his Club. Activators should respect the DAI Award Rules. Number
of QSOs to get an activation validated: 100 for first activations,
80 for re-activations.

Activators should prove to be on the place: for each
reference they should send a photo showing the shack and the
reference or, if that won’t be possible, a screenshot from Google
Maps or Google Earth showing the positions of the reference and the
place where the radio shack was placed, and the measure of the
distance between the two places. This distance cannot be more than
500m, without exceptions.

There are no time limits but the activaed references
cannot be more that three per day, in other words max 6 references
in two days X-DAI activities.

If the Activator cannot reach the minimum number of
QSO to get an activity validated, he will have to complete the
activation in another day according with D.A.I. Award Rules.

Activators and Hunters should follow their laws about
that concerns the max power available.

Score: Total Points multiplied Total worked References multiplied Total
worked Italian Regions.

Activators: each QSO with an Hunter or another Activator worths 1 point,
each worked Italian Region worths 1 multiplier (counted once regardless
bands and e modes), each activated reference worths 1 multiplier (max 6
in two days). The worked DAI references through QSO with other
Activators only count as Regional multipliers but not as extra
multiplier for X-DAI Award. Anyway they will increase Activator’s DAI
Expeditioner Score in the DAI Rank.

Score: Total Points multiplied Total worked Italian Regions multiplied
Total activated References.

Standings:
two separate lists will be sort out: one for the Activators and one
for the Hunters. The 10 best classified of both lists will receive a
special award as follows:

1°
place: Diamond Award (white)

2°
place: Sapphire Award (blue)

3°
place: Emerald Award (green)

4°
place: Topaz Award (amber)

5°
place: Ruby Award (red)

6°
place: Platinum Award (purple)

7°
place: Gold Award (gold)

8°
place: Silver Award (silver)

9°
place: Bronze Award (bronze)

10°
place: Wood Award (brown)

All participants should send their logs in ADIF
format within 30 days to:
dai@aribusto.it.